Sharing Computer-Adaptive Testing: Implications for Students ’ Achievement, Motivation, Engagement, and Subjective Test Experience. via BrowZine
Computer-Adaptive Testing: Implications for Students' Achievement, Motivation, Engagement, and Subjective Test Experience.Martin, Andrew J.; Lazendic, GoranJournal of Educational Psychology: Articles in pressUniversity of Minnesota Users:http://login.ezproxy.lib.umn.edu/login?url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/edu0000205Non-University of Minnesota Users: (Full text may not be available)http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/edu0000205Accessed with BrowZine, supported by University of Minnesota. (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - April 22, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Sharing Executive Function and Reading Comprehension: A Meta-Analytic Review via BrowZine
Executive Function and Reading Comprehension: A Meta-Analytic ReviewFollmer, D. JakeEducational Psychologist: Articles in pressClick on images to enlarge (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
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Sharing Control without Controllers: Toward a Distributed Neuroscience of Executive Control via BrowZine
Control without Controllers: Toward a Distributed Neuroscience of Executive ControlEisenreich, Benjamin R.; Akaishi, Rei; Hayden, Benjamin Y.Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience: Articles in pressUniversity of Minnesota Users:http://login.ezproxy.lib.umn.edu/login?url=http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/jocn_a_01139Non-University of Minnesota Users: (Full text may not be available)http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/jocn_a_01139Accessed with BrowZine, supported by University of Minnesota. (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - April 22, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Study: Brain stimulation can work –if properly timed
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Electrical Stimulation To Boost Memory: Maybe It’s All In The Timing (NPR):
“People with a brain injury or dementia often struggle to remember simple things, like names or places. In research published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, scientists have shown it may be possible to improve this sort of memory using tiny pulses of electricity — if they’re properly timed…They tried the approach with a group of patients who had severe epilepsy.
These people already had electrodes temporarily implanted in their brains as part of their treatment. And that gave the scientists a way to deliver tiny pulses of ...
Source: SharpBrains - April 21, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology boost memory brain-injury brain-stimulation dementia electrical stimulation electrodes improve memory performance neurotechnologies Source Type: blogs
Tweet by Jessica Lahey on Twitter
Jessica Lahey (@jesslahey)Posted atApril 19, 2017 at 4:00 AM on Twitter" The Perils of Giving Kids IQ Tests, an interview with @Penn ' s @sbkaufman, via @TheAtlantichttps://t.co/z4UbjHcunohttps://t.co/IphSO2v5qF"Sent viaFlipboard, your personal magazine.Get it for free to keep up with the news you care about.*********************************************Kevin McGrew, PhDEducational Psychologist DirectorInstitute for Applied Psychometricswww.themindhum.com********************************************* (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - April 20, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Fact: Lifelong neuroplasticity means our 7.5 billion brains can “sculpt” themselves
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Much ongoing brain health and brain enhancement innovation is enabled by the core fact—called neuroplasticity–that the human brain continually changes itself through experience. Neuroplasticity–or brain plasticity– refers to the brain’s ability to rewire itself based on experience by generating new neurons and by forming new connections between neurons, among other factors. It was believed for a long time that, after a certain age, the brain became “fixed.” Now we know that the brain never stops changing, and that’s why there’s so much interest and hope around ways to harness that neuroplasticity...
Source: SharpBrains - April 20, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning brain-enhancement Brain-Plasticity Lifelong Neuroplasticity meditation mental-exercises neurostimulation rewire Source Type: blogs
Debate: In the field of neurostimulation, what comes first, Published Research or Patents?
The Brain-Zapping Olympians (The Ringer):
“Gaining jacked-up physical powers from frontal-lobe-electrifying headgear sounds like a half-baked superhero origin story. It’s also a premise that athletes are buying as reality. NBA players and Olympians are wearing a brain-stimulation device called Halo Sport in an attempt to transform into champions.
The $649 Halo Sport is sold by a San Francisco startup called Halo Neuroscience…its primary purpose is to electrically trigger the brain using a method called transcranial direct-current stimulation, or tDCS. The science is knotty, but Halo’s sales pitch is fairly simple: ...
Source: SharpBrains - April 19, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology biohack boost performance brain stimulation device brain-stimulation brain-zapping Halo Neuroscience Halo Sport hyperplasticity neurostimulation patents peer-reviewed scientif Source Type: blogs
Next: Will brain sensors be able to infer the mental state of a person –and, for example, identify sarcasm in a message?
-– Illustrative image from U.S. Patent No. 8,082,215
Today we highlight a thought-provoking patent by Intellectual Ventures. (As mentioned, we are featuring foundational Pervasive Neurotech patents–from older to newer by issue date–to gain a glimpse into future applications)
U.S. Patent No. 8,082,215: Acquisition and particular association of inference data indicative of inferred mental states of authoring users
Assignee(s): The Invention Science Fund I, LLC (Intellectual Ventures)
Inventor(s): Edward K. Y. Jung, Eric C. Leuthardt, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A.
Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Low...
Source: SharpBrains - April 18, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology brain data brain sensors EEG fMRI Intellectual Ventures mental states neuro-monitoring neuro-technology patent The Invention Science Fund Source Type: blogs
“I am excited”: Making Stress Work for You, Instead of Against You
Image: The Yerkes-Dodson Law (YDL)
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How much stress is good for you?
In 1908, Robert Mearns Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson designed an experiment that would begin to tackle the question, “How much stress is good for you?”
The researchers tracked mice to see how stress would affect their ability to learn. Simple—yet painful, because how do you stress out mice? You shock them. The researchers set up two corridors to choose from—one painted white and the other black—and if a mouse went down the black corridor, ZAP! Yerkes and Dodson observed that given too mild a shock, the mice just shrugged it off and kept ...
Source: SharpBrains - April 17, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dan Lerner & Dr. Alan Schlechter Tags: Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Peak Performance Professional Development ability ability to learn alertness anxiety mind physiology Stress work Yerkes-Dodson Law Source Type: blogs
Fully concentrated on task at hand? Then your computer won ’t distract you
Illustrative image from U.S. Patent No. 8,055,722
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Today we highlight a fascinating patent by IBM that leverages brain monitoring (including EEG feedback) to suppress distracting notifications–hopefully such a system will become available soon!
(As mentioned, we are featuring foundational Pervasive Neurotech patents, from older to newer by issue date)
U.S. Patent No. 8,055,722: Notification control through brain monitoring of end user concentration
Assignee(s): International Business Machines
Inventor(s): David R. Hill
Technology Category: Hybrid
Issue Date: November 8, 2011
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Source: SharpBrains - April 14, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology brain data Brain Monitoring brain monitoring system brain signals EEG end user concentration IBM neuro-technology Neurofeedback patent Source Type: blogs
Structural MRI of the Hippocampus
This Open Access article is an informative read - Marshall A. Dalton, Peter Zeidman, Daniel N. Barry, Elaine Williams, Eleanor A. MaguireSegmenting subregions of the human hippocampus on structural magnetic resonance image scans: An illustrated tutorialBrain and Neuroscience AdvancesFirst published date: April-06-201710.1177/2398212817701448 A snippet from the Abstract -" The hippocampus plays a central role in cognition, and understanding the specific contributions of its subregions will likely be key to explaining its wide-ranging functions. However, delineating substructures within the human hippocampus in vivo from ma...
Source: BrainBlog - April 14, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: blogs
Dr. Gerald Goldstein
Gerald Goldstein, Ph.D., died last week at the age of 85 years. He was an influential presence in the practice of neuropsychology as a clinical domain and as a science.His career spanned over sixty years. Here is a link to a 2015 celebratory article from the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System about him:Neuropsychology Researcher Celebrates 60 Years. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - April 13, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: blogs
Please help us spread the word about neuroplasticity & brain health innovation
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Hundreds of companies around the globe–now including Elon Musk’s Neuralink and even Facebook–are researching and developing new ways to help brain owners be smarter, sharper, and healthier.
What explains this flurry of activity? Where may it be headed?
To help you understand what’s going on, let me highlight five key facts that emerged from the recent SharpBrains Virtual Summit:
Fact 1. There are 7.5 billion human brains out there, and everyone needs help
Fact 2. Lifelong neuroplasticity means all those brains can “sculpt” themselves
Fact 3. Mobile, sensing, wearable technologies, coupled with AI,...
Source: SharpBrains - April 13, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Peak Performance Technology AI brain-enhancement Brain-health Facebook human brains innovation mobile Neuralink neuroplasticity sensing wearable Source Type: blogs
5 Facts You Need To Know To Understand, Navigate And Enjoy The Digital Brain Health Revolution
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Hundreds of companies around the globe, now including Elon Musk’s Neuralink and even Facebook, are researching and developing new ways to help brain owners be smarter, sharper, and healthier.
What explains this flurry of activity? Where may it be headed?
To help you understand what’s going on, let me highlight five key facts that emerged from the recent SharpBrains Virtual Summit, where 200+ participants in 16 countries shared and discussed the latest about neurotechnology, brain health and digital health.
Fact 1. There are 7.5 billion human brains out there, and everyone needs ...
Source: SharpBrains - April 12, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology Akili Baycrest Brain-health BrainHQ Claritas Mindsciences Click Therapeutics cogmed Cogniciti cognifit digital health Educational Testing Service Elon Musk Facebook Headsp Source Type: blogs
Sharing The Cognitive Neuroscience of Placebo Effects: Concepts, Predictions, and Physiology via BrowZine
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Placebo Effects: Concepts, Predictions, and PhysiologyGeuter, Stephan; Koban, Leonie; Wager, Tor D.Annual Review of Neuroscience: Vol. 40 Issue 1 – 2017:10.1146/annurev-neuro-072116-031132University of Minnesota Users:http://login.ezproxy.lib.umn.edu/login?url=http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-neuro-072116-031132Non-University of Minnesota Users: (Full text may not be available)http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-neuro-072116-031132Accessed with BrowZine, supported by University of Minnesota. (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
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